Following an initial reveal earlier this year, Toyota Australia has just announced the new Toyota 86 is now on sale Down Under. It brings more power along with a slight price hike. Toyota claims the facelift makes the 86 “more driver focused than ever”, which is a pretty impressive feat […]
Brett Davis
Brett is the editor and founder of PerformanceDrive. He's obsessed with driving, having played with Matchbox cars until he was tall enough to drive a real one. After initially working as a mechanic, Brett earned a degree in journalism and entered media as an editorial assistant at Top Gear Australia magazine. He then worked at CarAdvice. His dream is to live next door to the Nurburgring in Germany.
Mansory does its thing on the Bentley Bentayga
You have excess, and then there’s this. It’s a blinged-up, modified version of the already-posetastic Bentley Bentayga. Yep, renowned cosmetic tuner Mansory has come up with a new package for the Bentayga, which certainly lifts the SUV’s overall road presence and wow factor. There’s new bumper bars front and rear, […]
Koenigsegg’s amazing FreeValve camless technology debuts in 1.6T
Koenigsegg subsidiary FreeValve will be showing off the world’s first camless engine for mass production at the Qoros stage at the Guangzhou motor show later this month. FreeValve is planning to showcase a working example of the revolutionary new engine design in a Qoros 3 hatchback, modified especially for the […]
Genesis G80 Sport makes LA show debut with 3.3TT V6
Following a preview earlier this year, Hyundai’s premium sub-brand Genesis has just revealed the new G80 Sport at the LA auto show. The Genesis brand doesn’t have much presence in Australia but that is set to change from next year when the local arm starts to introduce more models. At […]
AMS Nissan GT-R sets new 1/4 mile record (video)
Last week we saw Ekanoo Racing break the Nissan R35 GT-R quarter mile record. This week, the record has been shattered again, by renowned US GT-R tuner AMS Performance. AMS took its crazily-modified GT-R, known as Alpha G, down the strip in Michigan in a record time of 7.14 seconds […]
2017 Volkswagen e-Golf debuts at LA show
Volkswagen has revealed the new e-Golf at the Los Angeles auto show as promised, following the unveiling of the 2017 Golf update last week. The 2017 e-Golf boasts a new electric powertrain which provides 15kW more power, taking output to 100kW, while torque is lifted 20Nm to 290Nm. This results […]
The Grand Tour to help Amazon Prime launch in Australia
Former Top Gear hosts will air the first episode of their new series, called The Grand Tour, through Amazon Prime later today. Unfortunately for Australians the show won’t be arriving Down Under until December. The trio of hosts, including Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond, have put together a […]
Opel Grandland X confirmed as Astra SUV, RAV4 rival
Opel has confirmed the name of its upcoming SUV/crossover version of the new Astra, called the Grandland X. The model is likely to make its way over to Australian shores in the future. The Opel Grandland X is part of Opel’s ambitious plans to launch 29 new models by the […]